First east Ukraine, and now Armenia

This reader comment was not posted by Today's Zaman, June 26, 2015, regarding an article First east Ukraine, and now Armenia

David Davidian • a minute ago Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by Today's Zaman.

One item that never seems to be noted by reporters and analysts is that at the first sign of destabilization in Armenia, Azerbaijan will attack Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia with full fury, without waiting for Moscow's approval. Armenians know this well. This protest is over simple thievery! Even in this article there no mention of Azerbaijan or Karabakh, but the word Ukraine is mentioned 17 times!

Yerevan, Armenia

Europe’s Caspian gas dreams – a nightmare come true for human rights in Azerbaijan

Several days ago I posted a reader comment on article, Europe’s Caspian gas dreams – a nightmare come true for human rights in Azerbaijan. After several days the comment us still under moderation. Perhaps commentary was restricted due to the subject.

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David Davidian says: May 18, 2015 at 4:30 pm

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If Azerbaijan is an embarrassment to the EU, what difference does it make. Nobody is holding their breath waiting for BP and others to sell their interest in the BTC pipeline simply due to HR conditions in sovereign Azerbaijan. Apparently, Azerbaijan is not as bad as Nigeria, yet.

Easily predicted HR and oligarchic corruption were “non- issues” when the BTC and Southern Caucasus pipelines were being proposed, built, and as hydrocarbons began flowing to key customers. Now Azerbaijan is a nightmare? Is this hypocritical, probably, but this doesn’t make any difference either. NATO, EBRD and EIB representatives still flock to Baku, some bestowing praise, others bringing loans! All carrots. Perhaps Baku’s HR issues will magically disappear when it’s time to re-negotiate energy contracts.

Yerevan, Armenia

Today's Zaman: Armenia’s oligarchy in trouble

My comment regarding: Armenia’s oligarchy in trouble

David Davidian • a few seconds ago Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by Today's Zaman.

Everything is relative -- Armenia has its oligarchs and Turkey its megalomaniacs. The level of corruption in Turkey's construction industry alone makes Erdoğan's thousand room palace look inconsequential.

Yerevan, Armenia

Вестник Кавказа: Спорный геноцид. Армяне в Османской империи в XIX веке Vestnik Kavkaza: A Disputed Genocide. Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth Century

I tried commenting on A Disputed Genocide. Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth Century as posted on Vestnik Kavkaza. I discovered that the Azerbaijani-centric Vestnik Kavkaza, purposely pushes comments on "selected topics" to a totally different article in a different section. Since off-topic, it would never be approved. In my case it was to be posted under Iranian business enters Turkmenistan. What a nice trick. So, I have posted my comment here:


David Davidian • 5 minutes ago Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by Vestnik Kavkaza.

Vestnik Kavkaza is providing a disservice to its readership by blindly posting chapters from a known genocide denier, Guenter Lewy. Clearly, the choice of posting his work was not random as his text also appears on the Foreign Ministry of Turkey's web site

Lewy also claims Native Americans were not subject to genocide and would have us believe the only real genocide was the Holocaust.

We must conclude that Vestnik Kavkaza is not interested in the objectivity of the articles on its site.

Yerevan, Armenia

Today's Zaman: Armenian Oligarchy in Trouble

My comment regarding: Armenia’s oligarchy in trouble

was never published by Today's Zaman David Davidian • a few seconds ago Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by Today's Zaman.

Everything is relative -- Armenia has its oligarchs and Turkey its megalomaniacs. The level of corruption in Turkey's construction industry alone makes Erdoğan's thousand room palace look inconsequential.

Yerevan, Armenia

Times of Israel: A Day When Peace Was Born

My comment regarding an article in the Times of Israel, A Day When Peace Was Born:

It is indeed sad how with Azerbaijan being Israel's largest oil supplier and Israel Azerbaijan's second largest arms supplier -- arms that will be used to kill Armenians, again – how politics trumps any regard for the truth and context. So, would a somber tribute to the massacre in Deir Yassin also be appropriate?

Yerevan, Armenia

...was posted, then disappeared after an hour or so.

STRATFOR - Belarus and Armenia Re-Evaluate Relations with Russia

STRATFOR claims in report, Belarus and Armenia Re-Evaluate Relations with Russia, "and on Jan. 27 Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian admitted that the helicopter that was shot down had deviated from its course and said that officials were dismissed as a result." STRATFOR asks for feedback comments (internal only) in association with their reports. I submitted the following comment:

STRATFOR wrote, "Seyran Ohanian admitted that the helicopter that was shot down had deviated from its course and said that officials were dismissed as a result." Clearly, I have not read everything that exists in print and in every language, but I would like to see a reference for this as I have not even heard even a rumor of such an admission. Is this claim from an Azerbaijani source?

I live in Yerevan, Armenia.

Let's see what STRATFOR responds with, if anything.